Norwegian Princess Märtha Louise to marry American self-professed shaman Durek Verrett

The Norwegian king’s eldest child, Princess Märtha Louise, will marry her Hollywood partner, the self-professed shaman Durek Verrett, next summer, the couple announced Wednesday.

King Harald V said in a statement that his family was “delighted to welcome” Verret, who is from California and claims to be a sixth-generation shaman.

The Norwegian princess can trace her ancestry back to Britain’s Queen Victoria.


Princess Märtha Louise partner, Durek Verrett, is from California and claims to be a sixth-generation shaman.
Princess Märtha Louise’s partner, Durek Verrett, is from California and claims to be a sixth-generation shaman.
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The couple, who toured the country in 2019 as “The Princess and The Shaman,” have created waves in Norway with their alternative beliefs.

For the past several years, Märtha Louise, 51, has said she can talk with angels, while Verret, 48, claims that he communicates with a broad range of spirits, wields ancient medicine and has a medallion which helps ward off heavy energies, spells and darkness.

The wedding will take place on Aug. 24 in Geiranger, prized for its typical Norwegian scenery among mountains and fjords. Geiranger is 165 miles north of Bergen, Norway’s second-largest city.


Märtha Louise said she can talk with angels, and Durek Verret claims he communicates with a broad range of spirits.
Princess Märtha Louise said she can talk with angels, and Durek Verrett claims he communicates with a broad range of spirits.
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Princess Märtha Louise and Durek Verrett toured the country in 2019 as “The Princess and The Shaman,”
Princess Märtha Louise and Durek Verrett toured the country in 2019 as “The Princess and The Shaman.”
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The VG newspaper, one of Norway’s biggest, said that the wedding would be privately paid for.

“We are incredibly happy to be able to celebrate our love in Geiranger’s beautiful surroundings. It means a lot to us to gather our loved ones in a place that is so rich in history and spectacular nature. Geiranger is the perfect place to embrace our love,” the couple said in a statement.

The state broadcaster NRK said that Verret will move to Norway.


Durek Verret says he can also wield ancient medicine and has a medallion to help ward off heavy energies, spells and darkness.
Durek Verrett says he can also wield ancient medicine and has a medallion to help ward off heavy energies, spells and darkness.
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And while he will join the royal family, he won’t have a title.

Although Princess Märtha Louise is the first child of King Harald V, her brother, Crown Prince Haakon, who is two years younger than her, will succeed his father as king.

The Norwegian Constitution was altered in 1990 to allow the first born, regardless of gender, to take precedence in the line of succession.


The wedding for Princess Märtha Louise and Durek Verret will take place on Aug. 24 in Geiranger.
The wedding for Princess Märtha Louise and Durek Verrett will take place on Aug. 24 in Geiranger.
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However, it wasn’t done retroactively, meaning that Haakon remains first in line to the throne.

Haakon’s oldest child, Princess Ingrid Alexandra, will one day ascend the Norwegian throne.